The Caring@Home blog welcomes this guest post by Janet Parks, Client Services Director for the Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre. According to the Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), Rapid Response Nurses are helping to bridge the gap between hospital and home. For some of our frail, elderly citizens, leaving hospital often means [...]
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Last year Bayshore hiked across the country for the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA), hitting the milestone of $1 million raised over the past seven years. We’re at it again. For the eighth consecutive year, Bayshore offices coast-to-coast will be lacing up and walking on Sunday May 5 to raise money for local palliative [...]
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Last Saturday we turned our clocks forward, ultimately losing an hour’s sleep. I have to admit, I never took notice of it before but my sleep was so disrupted throughout the week to the point that I felt out of sorts. Sleep matters. It’s an essential part of our day and well-being. As we go [...]
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After meeting and talking with Karen Pivnick, founder of TopCat Relocation & Transition Solutions, I was compelled to write this blog on hoarding – a misunderstood condition that affects so many seniors today. According to Karen, hoarding is the collection of an excessive amount of things that the individual might consider to be quite important [...]
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My colleagues thought I was joking when I said I was going to blog about my colonoscopy experience. Some even joked about me tweeting it in fear that I would video tweet or include pictures. But, all jokes aside, I feel it’s very important to share my experience so that others can learn from my [...]
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